Defiant mum takes teen on school trip with 'F@£K sexism' T-shirt after daughter banned for challenging bully

 

Support: Abi decided to make a point to the school after Bethan was banned but the boy was not

An angry mother took her daughter on a school trip wearing "F@£K sexism" T-shirts after the teen was banned for swearing at a boy who made sexist comments.
Abi Jenkins was stunned when she was told how her daughter Bethan was no longer allowed to go to a theme park with her class after she stood-up to cruel taunts from a schoolboy.
The 14-year-old schoolgirl had sworn at the boy after he make remarks to her about being 'in the kitchen', but while Bethan was disciplined, the school did nothing to the boy.
Mrs Jenkins said: "This lad and his friends were constantly going on at my daughter and her friends saying: "You should not be in school, you should be in the kitchen" and "Go make me a sandwich".
"Bethan was at the end of her tether and eventually lost her patience to swear at the boy."

Wales News Service

Fuming: Abi made the T-shirts after Bethan was banned from the school trip

Bethan was placed in isolation by teachers for her four-letter outburst - and told she would not be able to go on the school trip.
But mum Mr Jenkins was fuming that the boy was allowed to the go to the end-of-term trip to Oakwood theme park in Pembrokeshire, West Wales.
So she drove her to the theme park herself - both wearing T-shirts with "F@£K sexism" written on them.
And Bethan then went on the roller-coaster rides next to her friends at the theme park.
She said: "It is wrong to swear at somebody but it is also wrong to tell a girl she should be making sandwiches.
"So I made the T-shirts to show our feelings.
"I have always taught her daughter to stand up for equality and to oppose sexism.
"More needs to be done in schools to address sexism and tackle the problems associated with "lad culture" when boys are at a young age.

Pledge: The school has offered Abi the chance to come in and discuss the incident with them

"The school were wrong for not approaching the situation in the same way.
"They should have said: "You were wrong for swearing and he was wrong for what he did and you both should have been in isolation"."
Mrs Jenkins, of Llanybydder, near Camarthen, South Wales, said the decision set a "poor example" for other pupils - and she felt aggrieved that her daughter was being unfairly punished for standing up to sexism.
David Williams, head of Bro Pedr High School, said school policy was followed in punishing Bethan for swearing.
But he said: "Teachers did not have all the facts to hand at the time and should have taken more action when dealing with the sexist comments."
Mr Williams added that he would be willing to discuss the issue further with Mrs Jenkins and Bethan.